List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Malcolm Marshall
# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall, a former right-arm fast bowler, represented the West Indies cricket team in 81 Tests between 1978 and 1992. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and only 41 bowlers have taken at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. In Test cricket, Marshall took 376 wickets, including 22 five-wicket hauls. The cricket almanack Wisden described him as "one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time", and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1983. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in January 2009. Mark Nicholas, a cricket commentator, once wrote that former Pakistan captain, Imran Khan, "calls Malcolm the greatest of all fast bowlers".

Marshall made his Test debut in December 1978 against India at the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore. His first five-wicket haul came in March 1983 against the same team at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain; he took 5 wickets for 37 runs. In December 1984, against Australia at the Adelaide Oval, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time. He repeated this feat once more in his career, against India at the Queen's Park Oval in April 1989. Marshall's career-best bowling figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 22 runs against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in June 1988. He took 9 wickets for 41 runs in the match; West Indies won the match by an innings and 156 runs, and he was awarded man of the match for his performance. Marshall was most successful against Australia taking seven five-wicket hauls. He took ten or more wickets in a match on four occasions.

Marshall made his One Day International (ODI) debut against England at Headingley, Leeds, during the 1980 Prudential Trophy. He never took a five-wicket haul in ODIs; his career-best figures for an innings were 4 wickets for 18 runs against Australia in 1991, a match West Indies lost at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As of 2013, Marshall is sixteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Date | Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches |
| Inn | The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled in that innings |
| Runs | Runs conceded |
| Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
| Econ | Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) |
| Batsmen | The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul |
| Result | The result for the West Indies team in that match |
| * | One of two five-wicket hauls by Marshall in a match |
| † | Marshall selected as "Man of the match" |
| ‡ | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |

## Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Malcolm Marshall :

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 March 1983 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | India | 1 | 19.1 | 37 | 5 | 1.93 | Dilip Vengsarkar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Balwinder Sandhu Maninder Singh | Won |
| 2 | 10 December 1983 | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | India | 3 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 2.46 | Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav Ashok Malhotra Ravi Shastri Roger Binny Kapil Dev | Won |
| 3 | 24 December 1983 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras | India | 2 | 26 | 72 | 5 | 2.76 | Anshuman Gaekwad Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav Roger Binny Kapil Dev | Drawn |
| 4 | 30 March 1984† | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | Australia | 3 | 15.5 | 42 | 5 | 2.65 | Steve Smith Greg Ritchie Wayne Phillips Geoff Lawson Terry Alderman | Won |
| 5 | 28 April 1984 | Sabina Park, Kingston | Australia | 3 | 23 | 51 | 5 | 2.21 | Kim Hughes David Hookes Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson Rodney Hogg | Won |
| 6 | 28 June 1984 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 36.5 | 85 | 6 | 2.30 | Chris Broad David Gower Allan Lamb Mike Gatting Neil Foster Bob Willis | Won |
| 7 | 12 July 1984 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 3 | 26 | 53 | 7 | 2.03 | Graeme Fowler Chris Broad Allan Lamb Paul Downton Nick Cook Derek Pringle Paul Allott | Won |
| 8 | 9 August 1984 | The Oval, London | England | 2 | 17.5 | 35 | 5 | 1.96 | Pat Pocock Allan Lamb Ian Botham Paul Allott Jonathan Agnew | Won |
| 9 | 23 November 1984 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Australia | 3 | 34 | 82 | 5 | 2.41 | John Dyson David Boon Terry Alderman Geof Lawson Bob Holland | Won |
| 10 | 7 December 1984*‡1 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia | 2 | 26 | 69 | 5 | 2.65 | Kepler Wessels Steve Rixon Allan Border David Boon Terry Alderman | Won |
| 11 | 7 December 1984*‡2 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia | 4 | 15.5 | 38 | 5 | 2.40 | John Dyson Allan Border Kim Hughes Geoff Lawson Terry Alderman | Won |
| 12 | 22 December 1984 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 2 | 31.5 | 86 | 5 | 2.70 | Kepler Wessels Greg Matthews Steve Rixon Craig McDermott Rodney Hogg | Drawn |
| 13 | 26 April 1985†‡ | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | New Zealand | 3 | 25.3 | 80 | 7 | 3.13 | Geoff Howarth Ken Rutherford Martin Crowe Jeremy Coney Ian Smith Derek Stirling Stephen Boock | Won |
| 14 | 7 November 1986† | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan | 1 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 1.83 | Mohsin Khan Rizwan-uz-Zaman Qasim Umar Asif Mujtaba Wasim Akram | Won |
| 15 | 22 April 1988† | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | Pakistan | 3 | 23 | 65 | 5 | 2.82 | Rameez Raja Javed Miandad Aamer Malik Wasim Akram Abdul Qadir | Won |
| 16 | 2 June 1988† | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 30 | 69 | 6 | 2.30 | Graham Gooch Chris Broad Mike Gatting Allan Lamb Derek Pringle John Emburey | Drawn |
| 17 | 16 June 1988‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 2 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1.77 | Graham Gooch Chris Broad Allan Lamb Paul Downton Paul Jarvis Graham Dilley | Won |
| 18 | 30 June 1988† | Old Trafford, Manchester | England | 3 | 15.4 | 22 | 7 | 1.40 | Graham Gooch Mike Gatting David Gower David Capel Paul Downton Graham Dilley Phillip DeFreitas | Won |
| 19 | 26 January 1989 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia | 2 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 0.93 | Geoff Marsh Allan Border Ian Healy Peter Taylor Trevor Hohns | Lost |
| 20 | 7 April 1989 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | India | 3 | 26 | 60 | 5 | 2.30 | Navjot Singh Sidhu Mohammad Azharuddin Kapil Dev Kiran More Arshad Ayub | Won |
| 21 | 15 April 1989*†‡1 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | India | 2 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 2.00 | Arun Lal Navjot Singh Sidhu Ravi Shastri Sanjay Manjrekar Kapil Dev | Won |
| 22 | 15 April 1989*†‡2 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | India | 4 | 19.5 | 55 | 6 | 2.77 | Arun Lal Woorkeri Raman Dilip Vengsarkar Sanjay Manjrekar Kiran More Chetan Sharma | Won |
